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June 24, 2009 Keeping Users of Microsoft® Office Project Connected.
Table of Contents
  • Note to Members
  • MPUG WebNLearns
  • MPUG Chapter Meetings
  • Sponsored Event
  • For Officers Only
  • MPUF Discussions
  • Jobs
  • How Resource Sharing Works
        in a Master Project
  • Certification Insider:
        Resourcing Project Plans
  • Featured Event
  • News & New Downloads
  • Blogs
  • MPUG Resources


  • Note to Members!
    These chapters are looking for volunteers who want to prove their leadership skills: Boise, Calgary, Columbus, Houston, and Nashville. Chapter officers can also earn 10 PDU credits per year for volunteering. Please contact chapters@mpug.com with any questions or visit the MPUG Chapter Advocates page to learn more.

    MPUG WebNLearns

    Jun 26, 2009: Fully Enabled Project
       Portfolio Management

    Jul 9, 2009 Project for Workgroups
    Jul 15, 2009 Executive Dashboards
       with Project

    Jul 24, 2009: Executive Level Reporting
       in Project

    Aug 19, 2009 Managing Programs
       in Project Server

    Aug 27, 2009 UK: Learn from the MVP
       - Desktop Series

    Sep 23, 2009 Using Workflow to
       Automate Governance


    MPUG Chapter Meetings

    Jun 24, 2009 SE Michigan
    Jun 30, 2009 Houston
    Jun 30, 2009 Delaware Valley
    Jul 21, 2009 Atlanta
    Jul 28, 2009 Delaware Valley
    Jul 30, 2009 South Africa
    Aug 4, 2009 Phoenix


    Sponsored Event

    Sep 14, 2009 Microsoft Project
       Conference 2009



    For Officers Only

    Next chapter leader webcast, Jul 7, noon Eastern. Email your agenda items to mcosklo@mpug.com by Jun 30, 2009.


    Jobs
    Project/Program Analyst, Sprint Nextel, Henderson, NV

    Senior Project Manager, URS, Overland Park, KS

    Finance Project Coordinator, PNC Financial Services Group,
    Pittsburgh, PA


    Special Projects Assistant,
    North Dakota State University, Fargo

    Senior Electronic Project Engineer, Duracell, Bethel, CT

    Project Manager, JP Morgan Chase, Chicago

    Manager, Operations Mgmt - Project Manager, Cardinal Health, Buford, GA

    To gain access to the Career Center, visit http://career.mpug.com/.


    MPUG Resources

    MPUG Home
    Join MPUG
    Microsoft Office Project 2007 site


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    Clarks Summit, PA 18411
    Marc SoesterHow Resource Sharing Works in a Master Project
    By Marc Soester, MVP
    Shelley asks: I am working with a resource pool that has about 30 sharer files. How can I work with resources from the pool along with some resources that are only working on one project?...
    Answer:
    In order to create a shared resource pool, create a Project called "Master Project" and within the Resource Sheet create all your Project Resources that you like to manage...

       Sponsored by Microsoft Project for Workgroups
    Project Managers – Increase collaboration with your team!


    Bonnie Biafore Certification Insider: Resourcing Project Plans
    By Bonnie Biafore, PMP
    Got a project to complete? Better get some resources or the work won't get done. When you finally assign resources to tasks, Project calculates the project schedule and cost. Work and material resources have been around for ages, but cost resources are new to Microsoft Project 2007. Because the Project certification exams have questions about new features, you had better understand the difference between work, material, and cost resources as well as when to use each type...

    Membership Overview, Discounts and Opportunities


    Featured Event: Jul 21 Atlanta: Project Status Monitoring and Management using Microsoft Project
    This presentation will examine the ways that project managers may use Microsoft Project to receive status updates, monitor project status, and proactively keep a project on course. Participants will learn about time sheets and how Project Server offers extended and needed capability over Project by itself. They will also learn how time sheets can be used. Presented by Dr. Dominic Thomas, Visiting Assistant Professor of Information Systems & Operations Management at the Goizueta Business School, Emory University.

    News & New Downloads
    Script created for unattended Microsoft Project Server and SharePoint Server installations

    Microsoft a leader in Gartner 2009 Magic Quadrant for IT project and portfolio management alongside five other companies

    Project Hosts releases Project Connect Online, web access for small teams of Microsoft Project users

    Send your news to editor@mpug.com.

    Blogs
    Advice for "Laid Off": "My additional suggestion to your good ones is to attend an MPUG meeting where they may raffle-off Microsoft Project. We do at the Western NY MPUG Chapter in Rochester..."

    Project manager – having difficult conversations: "...These conversations are always difficult because you will be saying something that the other person doesn’t want to hear. You will be asking the employee to change his or her behavior which is not something people are often motivated to do..."

    Interested in blogging for MPUG? Contact editor@mpug.com to learn more.

    MPUF Discussions
    MS Visio 2007 Standard and MS Project 2007: "When using the Visual Reports function of Microsoft Project 2007 and selecting a Microsoft VISIO template, I receive an error message that Visio 2007 Professional is required..."

    Resource Pools: "Are you trying to use a resource pool when you are already connected to Project Server? If so, I'm not sure what you wouldn't already get from the enterprise resource pool..."

    Confidential Projects: "What is the set up in Project Server 2007 for confidential projects?..."

    Resource Report: "The engineering manager wants to see resources vs. projects for a month at a time. My problem is that he wants to see ALL resources, even if the individual has no hours assigned..."

    To participate in the MPUG Microsoft Project Users Forum discussions, sign in at MPUG.com with your MPUG username and password, then head to MPUF here: Member Home | MPUF.
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